A FRENCH INDUSTRIAL METAL POST OFFICE SORTING BENCH, the superstructure with a perforated steel back with an arrangement of sixteen pigeon holes above working desk area, label to side for 'Régie Industrielle des Etablissements Pénitentiaire (R.I.E.P) de Melun', (Industrial Board of Penitentiary Establishments of Melun), France circa 1920. This bench would have been used originally in a French prison. Height: 191 cm. Width: 126 cm. Depth: 73 cm.